Dr. Stephen J. Culver - Professor & Department Chairperson Office Graham 101 Phone 252-328-6360 Paleontology D.Sc. University of Wales (1997) Ph.D. University of Wales (1976) B.S. University of Wales (1973)

Dr. Culver may be reached via Email : culvers@ecu.edu

• Courses - Spring
  Geology 4200 - Paleontology
  

Current Professional and Scholarly Interests

Selected Publications

Smith, C.G., Culver, S.J., Riggs, S.R., Ames, D., Corbett, D.R., and Mallinson, D. 2008. Geospatial analysis of barrier island width
      of two segments of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA: anthropogenic curtailment of natural self-sustaining processes.
      Jl. Coastal Research, 24: 70-83.

Culver, S.J., Grand Pre, C.A., Mallinson, D.J., Riggs, S.R., Corbett, D.R., Foley, J., Hale, M., Metger, L., Ricardo, J., Rosenberger, J.,
      Smith, D.G., Smith, C.W., Snyder, S.W., Twamley, D., Farrell, K., and Horton, B.P. 2007. Late Holocene barrier island collapse:
      Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA. The Sedimentary Record, 5: 4-8.

Horton, B.P., Hardbattle, M.I., Culver, S.J., Larcombe, P., Milne, G.M., Whittaker, J.E., and Woodroffe, S.A. 2007. Reconstructing
       Holocene sea-level change for the Great Barrier Reef using subtidal foraminifera. Jl. Foraminiferal Research, 37: 327-343.

Buzas, M.A., Hayek, L., and Culver, S.J. 2007. Community structure of benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of Mexico.
      Marine Micropaleontology, 65: 43-53.

Shields, G.A., Deynoux, M., Culver, S.J., Brasier, M.D., Affaton, P., and Vandamme, D. 2007. Neoproterozoic glaciomarine
      and cap dolostone facies of the southwestern Taoudeni Basin (Walidiala Valley, Senegal/Guinea, NW Africa).
      Compte Rendu Geocience, 339: 186-199.

Parham, P.R., Riggs, S.R., Culver, S.J., Mallinson, D., and Wehmiller, J.F. 2007. Quaternary depositional patterns and
      sea level fluctuations, northeastern North Carolina. Quaternary Research, 67: 83-99.

Corbett, D.R., Vance, D., Letrick, E., Mallinson, D., and Culver, S.J. 2007. Decadal scale sediment dynamics and environmental
      change in the Albemarle estuarine system, North Carolina. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 71: 717-729.

Lytwyn, J., Burke, K., and Culver, S.J. 2006. The nature and location of the suture zone in the Rokelide orogen, Sierra Leone:
      Geochemical evidence. Jl. African Earth Science, 46: 439-454.

Horton, B.P., Corbett, D.R., Culver, S.J., and Edwards, R.J. 2006. Modern saltmarsh diatom distributions of the Outer Banks,
    North Carolina, and the development of a transfer function for high resolution reconstructions of sea level. Estuarine, Coastal
    and Shelf Science, 69: 381-394.

Culver, S.J. 2006. Micro- to meso-scale foraminiferal distributions: the contributions of Martin A. Buzas. Annuario do Instituto de
    Geociencias, 29: 141-152.

Abbene, I.J., Culver, S.J., Corbett, D.R., Buzas, M.A., and Tully, L.S. 2006. Distribution of foraminifera in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina
    over the past century. Jl Foraminiferal Research, 36: 135-151.

Vance, D.J., Culver, S.J., Corbett, D.R., and Buzas, M.A. 2006. Foraminifera in the Albemarle estuarine system,North Carolina:
    distribution and recent environmental change. Jl Foraminiferal Research,36: 15-33.

Culver, S.J., Ames, D.V., Corbett, D.R., Mallinson, D.J., Riggs, S.R., Smith, C.G. and Vance, D.J. 2006. Foraminiferal and sedimentary
    record of late Holocene barrier island evolution, Pea Island, North Carolina. Jl Coastal Research, 22: 406-416.

Mallinson, D., Riggs, S., Thieler, E.R., Culver, S.J., Foster, D.S., Corbett, D.R., Farrell, K., and Wehmiller, J.F. 2005. Late Neogene and
    Quaternary evolution of the northern Albemarle embayment (mid-Atlantic continental margin, U.S.A.). Marine Geology, 217: 97-117.

Culver, S.J., and Horton, B.P. 2005. Infaunal marsh foraminifera from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Foraminiferal
    Research, v.35: 148-170.

Johnson, K.A., Culver, S.J., and Kamola, D.L. 2005. Marginal marine foraminifera of the Blackhawk Formation (Late Cretaceous, Utah).
    Jl Foraminiferal Research, 35: 50-64.

Buzas, M.A. and Culver, S.J. 2004. Time components of communities. Jl Foraminiferal Research, 34: 1-8.

Culver, S.J. 2003 Benthic foraminifera across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: a review. Marine Micropaleontology, 47: 177-226.

Culver, S.J. and Lipps, J.H. 2003 Predation on and by Foraminifera. In P.Kelley, M.Kowalewski and T. Hansen (eds.)
    Predation in the Fossil Record, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, p. 7-32.